Among the Concise Words of the Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him)
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh|Volume 4|Book 1|Chapter 175
Man Lā Yaḥḍuruh al-Faqīh
Volume 4, Book 1, Chapter 175
Among the Concise Words of the Messenger of Allah (Peace Be Upon Him)
وَ رَوَى مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سِنَانٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ بْنِ مُسْكَانَ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اَللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ اَلسَّلاَمُ قَالَ: "إِنَّ أَحَقَّ اَلنَّاسِ بِأَنْ يَتَمَنَّى لِلنَّاسِ اَلْغِنَى اَلْبُخَلاَءُ لِأَنَّ اَلنَّاسَ إِذَا اِسْتَغْنَوْا كَفُّوا عَنْ أَمْوَالِهِمْ وَ إِنَّ أَحَقَّ اَلنَّاسِ بِأَنْ يَتَمَنَّى لِلنَّاسِ اَلصَّلاَحَ أَهْلُ اَلْعُيُوبِ لِأَنَّ اَلنَّاسَ إِذَا صَلَحُوا كَفُّوا، عَنْ تَتَبُّعِ عُيُوبِهِمْ وَ إِنَّ أَحَقَّ اَلنَّاسِ بِأَنْ يَتَمَنَّى لِلنَّاسِ اَلْحِلْمَ أَهْلُ اَلسَّفَهِ اَلَّذِينَ يَحْتَاجُونَ أَنْ يُعْفَى عَنْ سَفَهِهِمْ فَأَصْبَحَ أَهْلُ اَلْبُخْلِ يَتَمَنَّوْنَ فَقْرَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَصْبَحَ أَهْلُ اَلْعُيُوبِ يَتَمَنَّوْنَ مَعَايِبَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ أَصْبَحَ أَهْلُ اَلسَّفَهِ يَتَمَنَّوْنَ سَفَهَ اَلنَّاسِ وَ فِي اَلْفَقْرِ اَلْحَاجَةُ إِلَى اَلْبَخِيلِ وَ فِي اَلْفَسَادِ طَلَبُ عَوْرَةِ أَهْلِ اَلْعُيُوبِ وَ فِي اَلسَّفَهِ اَلْمُكَافَأَةُ بِالذُّنُوبِ".
Muhammad ibn Sinan narrated from Abdullah ibn Muskan, from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq عليه السلام, peace be upon him, who said: "Indeed, the people most deserving to wish for others to be wealthy are the misers because if people become self-sufficient, they will refrain from seeking their wealth. And the people most deserving to wish for others to be righteous are those with flaws because if people become righteous, they will stop pursuing their faults. And the people most deserving to wish for others to be forbearing are the foolish, for they need others to pardon their foolishness. Yet, the misers wish for people to be poor, the flawed wish for others to have faults, and the foolish wish for others to be foolish. In poverty lies the need for the miser, in corruption lies the exposure of the flawed, and in foolishness lies the reciprocation of sins."
- Ṣaḥīḥ al-Faqīh